2 Speed IT in Education. Powered by Microsoft Cloud (and Minecraft)

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1 2 Speed IT in Education Powered by Microsoft Cloud (and Minecraft)

2 Michael Stephenson About Me Cloud and Integration Architect Community Activities Microsoft MVP for 7+ years Pluralsight Author Contact Personal Blog: Azure Insider/Advisor Integration Monday Worked on 40+ projects that have leveraged Microsoft Cloud Linked In: tephensonuk1

3 Agenda Vision Speed IT Example Projects Thoughts

4 Vision 2025

5 The technology challenge The Challenge What will technology look like in 2025? The Opportunity Demand Focused IT Years of legacy baggage to take on the journey IT & Business struggle to keep up with rate of technology change Traditional IT can not deliver Vision 2025 Our students in 2025 are 10 today, they are already IT Experts! What can we learn from thinking like them? Solutions for problems we don t even know exist yet

6 2 Speed IT / Bi-Modal IT

7 IT s Customer Satisfaction Perception 15% of business users completely satisfied with IT department 33% of business users think IT is important to business innovation 60% of business users think IT department is integral to the business Effect Stealth IT IT perceived to be holding the business in the past Business doesn t value IT (Perception) Source: Information Week IT Perception Survey

8 By 2017, 75% of organisations will have a 2 speed IT capability

9 The 2 Modes of IT Marathon Runner Mode 1 Mission Critical Systems Conventional Approaches Stability Reliability Low Risk Slow & Safe Systems of Record Sprinter Mode 2 Take Risks / Safe Enough Agility & embrace change Remove bureaucracy Deliver Value Fast Fail Fast Aggressive customer focus Systems of Engagement

10 Cloud Relationship to 2 Speed IT Mode 1 Traditional Mode 2 - Agile IT Leadership IT Operations Enterprise Architect Drivers Cost Reduction Risk Mitigation Keep the operation running Protect the assets Protect the customer Cloud Opportunities Move commodity servers off site Turn off when not in use Off Premise Test environments Cloud Disaster Recovery Developer Productivity Deliver Business Change Keep the customer happy Innovate Beat competitors Take risks Quick & Cheap IT Provisioning Delivery Empowerment Delete resources if project fails Reduce operations requirements

11 Super Charging Mode 2/Sprinter IT

12 2 Speed Architects As an architect, the cloud offers me: new ways to solve problems opportunities to excite the business Ways to empower my mode 2 IT teams Ways to demonstrate proactive technology leadership

13 Model Office / Reference Architecture

14 Example Staff HR Self Service

15 The Challenge Business Context Current State SAP is the system of record for Staff Staff do not use SAP the HR system directly, only HR SAP changes are difficult and expensive SAP is complex to train users Desired Outcome Create a Staff Portal system of engagement Portal should be within SharePoint based intranet Technical Challenge If we host services in the cloud to increase our agility can we use hybrid integration to connect to services on premise?

16 Hybrid API Solution Service Bus Relay API Microservices Router Microservices

17 Demo

18 Hybrid SAP Integration Service Bus Relay SharePoint Provider Hosted App In Azure Web App API Microservices Router SAP Microservices Linq To SAP Other Microservices

19 Outcome Cloud Features Used Application Insights Monitoring Azure Web App Azure Service Bus Relay VS Online Automated Build & Deploy Info Key Points Light weight API based integration Duration End to end features developed in hours/days Project focusing on features not plumbing Architecture from POC exactly same as Production project Costs Cloud cost approx. GBP 25 per month (dev, test & prod)

20 Example - IoT

21 The Challenge Business Context Find a free PC (or any resource?) We have 3 locations and 20+ buildings In these buildings are computers How can a student know where is best to go to get a PC to use Drivers Positive Student Experience Business Context 2 How utilised are our Rooms We have hundreds of rooms How do we know how utilised they are How do we track how energy efficient they are Drivers Reduce Costs

22 Proof of Concept User views dashboards of useful Information via Power BI Power BI The building has a sensor which detects When you enter the building Stream Analytics Event Hub Stream Analytics processes Event Hub Data into Power BI

23 Demo

24 Real World User views dashboards of useful Information via Power BI Power BI Stream Analytics Event Hub Agent on PC pushes PC usage And application telemetry to cloud Stream Analytics processes Event Hub Data into Power BI Sensor/Reader telemetry sent to cloud

25 Outcome Azure Features Used Azure Service Bus Event Hubs Azure Stream Analytics Power BI Info Key Points Cloud back end would support high scale production usage as is POC is something the sprinters could easily take forwards Duration Demo created in < 3 hours

26 Thoughts

27 Where are we? Architecture Blueprints empowering future projects Demand Focused being delivered by on demand IT On demand IT super charged by the cloud Sprinter IT and Marathon IT work together via Integration

28 2 Speed IT Avoid Aim For

29 Questions